Knowledge Check Solutions
1) Systemic or organ-specific effects - This is the correct answer.
Toxic effects are broadly categorized as either systemic or organ- specific effects.
2) Acute toxicity appears within hours or days of an exposure, whereas chronic toxicity takes many months or years to become a recognizable clinical disease - This is the correct answer.
3) Acute toxicity due to carbon monoxide poisoning - This is the correct answer.
The victims most likely died as a result of acute toxicity from exposure to carbon monoxide.
4) All of the above - This is the correct answer.
Genetic toxicity can cause gene mutations, changes in chromosome structure (aberration), increases or decreases in the number of chromosomes (aneuploidy or polyploidy), and changes to genetic programming (epigenetic alterations).
1) Systemic or organ-specific effects - This is the correct answer.
Toxic effects are broadly categorized as either systemic or organ- specific effects.
2) Acute toxicity appears within hours or days of an exposure, whereas chronic toxicity takes many months or years to become a recognizable clinical disease - This is the correct answer.
3) Acute toxicity due to carbon monoxide poisoning - This is the correct answer.
The victims most likely died as a result of acute toxicity from exposure to carbon monoxide.
4) All of the above - This is the correct answer.
Genetic toxicity can cause gene mutations, changes in chromosome structure (aberration), increases or decreases in the number of chromosomes (aneuploidy or polyploidy), and changes to genetic programming (epigenetic alterations).